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Since 1992, M.T.H. Electric Trains has released nearly 23,000 different items. In 2013 alone, we'll have announced and produced nearly 1,800 new items in our nine different product lines. HO, S Gauge, O Gauge, One Gauge, Tinplate
and European fans can all look to M.T.H. for trains and accessories that will surprise and delight them. No other model railroad company can make that claim. By producing "model trains that do more," we not only ensure that our customers remain excited about the hobby —
we make it easier to attract new hobbyists and keep model
railroading alive and growing, with a constant supply of
new items to entice current and future hobbyists. M.T.H.
fans know that our products get better each year and come
with new and exciting features that reflect the vitality of
our brand.
This catalog marks the
fourteenth year that
we've been produc
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ing steam locomotives
featuring synchronized
puffing smoke timed
to drive wheel revolu
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tions. It's the fourteenth
year we've built models
throughout all of our
product lines that fea
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ture locomotive speed
control, digital sound,
and command control
receivers. From entry-
level ready-to-run train
sets to our top-of-the-
line locomotives in five
scales, each and every
Proto-Sound 2.0 and
3.0 model operates the
same way using
the same equip
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ment — whether
it be a traditional
transformer or our
industry-leading
DCS Digital Com
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mand System.
Throughout those
fourteen years,
we've continued to
expand our onboard
technology. All of
our product lines
now feature loco
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motives that can op
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erate on AC or DC
power in conven
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tional or command
mode. We offer HO
models that can run
on 3-rail track and O
gauge models that
can run on 2-rail track. Our electric locomotives — includ
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ing HO models — began arriving with motorized operat
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ing pantographs that can work with powered catenary
nearly five years ago. With the release of Proto-Sound 3.0,
we added a third operating mode: NMRA-standard DCC.
M.T.H. locomotives can sense what type of command signal
is present on the rails and configure themselves to operate
accordingly, with little or no input from the operator. In the
age of the smart phone, we've been building smart trains
for years. M.T.H. trains really can “do more.”
But at M.T.H., we say “What’s next?” Technology contin
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ues to expand in all aspects of our lives; we believe it must
continue to do so in our products and our control systems if
we want our hobby to remain
relevant in the world of
smart phones, tablets
and wearable
technology.
Why put
a remote
control in
the hands of an
operator when he
or she probably has an
even more powerful device in
their pocket? Why shouldn’t a modeler control their layout
with their phone, when they can already use that phone to